Subsume

[səb'sjuːm] or [səb'sʊm]

Definition

(verb.) consider (an instance of something) as part of a general rule or principle.

(verb.) contain or include; 'This new system subsumes the old one'.

Typed by Ethan--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) To take up into or under, as individual under species, species under genus, or particular under universal; to place (any one cognition) under another as belonging to it; to include under something else.

Checked by Clarice

Definition

v.t. to place any one cognition under another as belonging to it as 'All horses are animals'—the minor premise is a Subsump′tion under the major.—adj. Subsump′tive.

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